Invoke()

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invokes a function/operation of the given object and if given object is a string, Lucee tries to load as component.


	Invoke( object=any, name=string, arguments=any );

Returns: object

Argument	Description
object _{any, required}	edit a component, struct or scope that holds a function, can also be the name of a component, in this case the component get loaded. _{Alias: cfcInstance, obj, value, variable}
name _{string, required}	edit name of the function/operation _{Alias: methodName, method, functionName, function}
arguments _{any, optional}	edit arguments to pass to the function/operation _{Alias: params, args, argumentCollection}

Argument

Description

object

_{any,

required}

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a component, struct or scope that holds a function,

can also be the name of a component, in this case the component get loaded.

_{Alias:
cfcInstance, obj, value, variable}

name

_{string,

required}

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name of the function/operation

_{Alias:
methodName, method, functionName, function}

arguments

_{any,

optional}

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arguments to pass to the function/operation

_{Alias:
params, args, argumentCollection}

Examples

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<cfscript>
    writeDump(label:"structure with invoke()", var:invoke(variables,'myStruct',{a:'First'}));
    private function myStruct(){
    	return "myStruct:"&serializeJson(arguments);
    }

    writeDump(label:"Adding numbers with invoke()", var:invoke(variables,'calc',{a:3,b:2}));
    private function calc(numeric a, numeric b){
    	return a+b;
    }
</cfscript>

Invoke()

Examples

See also